(a) General rule.--A person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle may not permit a child under six
years of age to remain unattended in the vehicle when the motor vehicle is out of
the person's sight and under circumstances which endanger the health, safety or welfare
of the child.

(a.1) Applicability.--This section shall apply to the highways and trafficways of this Commonwealth and,
for the purposes of this section only, the term "trafficways" shall include, but not
be limited to, parking lots.

(b) Penalty.--A person who violates this section commits a summary offense. It is a separate offense
for each child left unattended.